Judge Alexandre Rizzi, from the 1st Criminal Court of Santarém, kept the four brigade members of the NGO accused of causing burnings in Paraná.
Police suspect the group is related to the fires in September this year. Defense attorney Wlandre Leal said that later on Wednesday he will file a habeas corpus petition with the Pará State Court of Justice (TJPA) to release the ongue trees.
The hearing was accompanied by criminal prosecutor Ramon Furtado and two other defense attorneys: Paulo Renato Alho and Michel Durães. According to police, there is also a suspicion of criminal association against the brigade members Daniel Gutierrez Govino, João Victor Pereira Romano, Gustavo de Jesus Almeida and Marcelo Aron Cwerner.
“There is no material evidence that the brigade members set fire. What exists is an assumption based on the interception of telephone calls and donations that have occurred legally, ”said the lawyer.
Judge Alexandre Rizzi pointed out that he decreed the brigade arrests based on information brought to him by the police that there was a plan of suspects to set fire to other reserves. And that the prisons have been kept to keep up with the investigations and for the safety of the suspects.